marc

See also: marc', març, Març, Marc, márc., and MARC

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑːk
• Homophones: mark, Mark, marque

Etymology 1

From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).

Noun

marc (usually uncountable, plural marcs)

1. The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
2. An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298:

     There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60:

     The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.

Translations

refuse matter

• Bulgarian: джибри n (džibri)
• Catalan: brisa (ca) f
• French: marc (fr) m
• German: Trester (de) m
• Italian: sansa f, vinaccia (it) f
• Spanish: hollejo (es) m
• Turkish: cibre (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: جبره (cibre)

Etymology 2

Noun

marc (plural marcs)

1. (historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).

References

• “marc”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cram, MRCA, cram, macr-, mrca

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈmark]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaɾk]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -aɾk

Noun

marc m (plural marcs)

1. frame
2. (figurative) framework, setting

   Us aconsellarem per obtenir el resultat més favorable en el marc de la legalitat vigent.

   We will advise you so as to obtain the most favourable result in the existing legal framework.

3. (historical) marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
4. (historical) mark, any of various other half-pound units of mass
5. (historical) mark, a former German currency

Derived terms

• emmarcar

Further reading

• “marc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “marc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “marc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “marc”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French marc (14th c.), deverbal from marcher (“to trample, walk over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ/
• Homophones: marcs, marre, marrent, marres (general), mare, mares (one pronunciation)

Noun

marc m (plural marcs)

1. pomace, marc
2. grounds (e.g. from coffee)

Derived terms

• marc de café

Etymology 2

From Old French marc (12th c.), from Frankish *mark. Doublet of mark. Also related with marque and marche (“frontier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ/, /maʁk/
• Homophones: marcs (general), mare, mares, marre, marrent, marres (form 1), Marc, mark, marks, marque, marques (form 2)

Noun

marc m (plural marcs)

1. (history) a weight, especially of gold and silver, equivalent to ca. 245 grams

Derived terms

• au marc le franc

Further reading

• “marc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠɑɾˠk/, /mˠaɾˠk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos. Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)

1. (archaic) horse

   Synonyms: capall, each, (literary) peall

Declension

Declension of marc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative marc mairc vocative a mhairc a mharca genitive mairc marc dative marc mairc forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an marc na mairc genitive an mhairc na marc dative leis an marc don mharc leis na mairc

Derived terms

• marcach
• marcaíocht

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Germanic *markō. Doublet of marg (“march, boundary”).

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural marcanna)

1. target, goal
2. mark (indication for reference or measurement)
3. mark (academic score)

Declension

Declension of marc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative marc marcanna vocative a mhairc a mharcanna genitive mairc marcanna dative marc marcanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an marc na marcanna genitive an mhairc na marcanna dative leis an marc don mharc leis na marcanna

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle English mark, from Old English marc and/or Old Norse mǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”). Doublet of marg (“mark (currency)”).

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, nominative plural mairc)

1. (money) mark; shilling

Declension

Declension of marc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative marc mairc vocative a mhairc a mharca genitive mairc marc dative marc mairc forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an marc na mairc genitive an mhairc na marc dative leis an marc don mharc leis na mairc

Synonyms

• marg

Mutation

Mutated forms of marc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
marc	mharc	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “marc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 716; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “marc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German marz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmart͡s/
• Rhymes: -art͡s
• Syllabification: marc

Noun

marc

1. March (month)

   Synonym: strëmiannik

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months (Latin-origin): miesące kalãdôrza gregòriańscziegoedit

• januar
• februar
• marc
• aprël
• môj
• juny
• juli
• agùst
• zeptember
• òktober
• nowember
• december

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “marzec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, stamp”), possibly via Old Norse mǫrk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑrk/, [mɑrˠk]

Noun

marc n (nominative plural marc)

1. mark (as currency etc.)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	marc	marc
accusative	marc	marc
genitive	marces	marca
dative	marce	marcum

Descendants

• Middle English: mark
  • English: mark
  • Scots: mark, merk
  • → Irish: marc, marg

Old French

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin marcus, itself borrowed from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”).

Noun

marc oblique singular, m (oblique plural mars, nominative singular mars, nominative plural marc)

1. mark (small distinguishing feature)
2. mark (unit of currency)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Qui plus de çant mars d'arjant vaut

     Which is worth more than 100 marks of silver

Descendants

• Middle French: marc
  • French: marc

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “merc”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• merche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”). Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and beyond Celtic with Old English mearh (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾk/

Noun

marc m (genitive mairc, nominative plural mairc)

1. horse
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 851

     marc .i. each

     horse, that is, "horse"

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	marc	marcL	maircL
vocative	mairc	marcL	marcuH
accusative	marcN	marcL	marcuH
genitive	maircL	marc	marcN
dative	marcL	marcaib	marcaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• ech

Derived terms

• marcach
• marcas
• marclann
• marcrad

Descendants

• Irish: marc
• Scottish Gaelic: marc

Mutation

Mutation of marc

radical	lenition	nasalization
marc also mmarc in h-prothesis environments	marc pronounced with /β̃-/	marc also mmarc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marc.

Noun

marc n (uncountable)

1. pomace, marc

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	marc	marcul
genitive-dative	marc	marcului
vocative	marcule

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marxk/

Noun

marc m (genitive singular mairc, plural marcan)

1. (literary) horse

   Synonym: each

2. steed

Derived terms

• marcachd

Mutation

Mutation of marc

radical	lenition
marc	mharc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mark/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mark.

Noun

marc m (plural marcau)

1. mark, spot, patch

   Synonyms: brycheuyn, man, smot, staen

2. note, annotation

   Synonyms: nodyn, arnod

3. sign, symbol

   Synonyms: arwydd, symbol

Mutation

Mutated forms of marc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
marc	farc	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Noun

marc m (plural marciau)

1. alternative form of morc (“mark, Deutschmark”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of marc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
marc	farc	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

marc

1. nasal mutation of barc (“barque”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of barc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
barc	farc	marc	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

marc

1. nasal mutation of barc (“bark”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of barc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
barc	farc	marc	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “marc”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “marc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies